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Payments Report
10/03/2025 -The Payments Report describes and analyses developments on the retail payments market and presents the Riksbank’s assessments and work in the payment area.
Summary
13/01/2025 -Summary In this Economic Commentary, we analyse how labour market matching in Sweden has changed since the early 2000s according to various indicators and estimates.[1] Economic Commentaries are brief analyses of issues with relevance for the...
Falling prices and low turnover in the housing market
10/04/2024 -Falling prices and low turnover in the housing market For a long time prior to 2021-2022, interest rates had been very low and on a declining trend. During this period, the Swedish housing market had experienced strong price increases. During...
The importance of inflation for economic decisions
10/04/2024 -The importance of inflation for economic decisions A phenomenon we described earlier is money illusion, i.e. the tendency of households and companies to ignore inflation in their economic decisions. However, it is also hypothesised that this...
How we view risk and uncertainty – prospect theory
10/04/2024 -How we view risk and uncertainty – prospect theory An important part of behavioural economics is how we view risk and uncertainty. In a 1979 article, Daniel Kahneman, together with Amos Tversky, launched the so-called prospect theory, which...
A simple monetary policy framework
10/04/2024 -A simple monetary policy framework To describe how insights from behavioural economics could help monetary policy, we use a simple framework based both on the relationship between the interest rate, the real economy and inflation, and on the...
How life experiences influence economic decisions
10/04/2024 -How life experiences influence economic decisions In recent years, an increasing amount of research has highlighted how life experiences can influence economic decisions, especially dramatic events.[24] For an overview, see, for example,...
Behavioural economics perspectives on the rise in inflation in 2021-2022
10/04/2024 -Behavioural economics perspectives on the rise in inflation in 2021-2022 In this section, we highlight some of the factors we discussed earlier that may shed light on the developments in recent years when inflation rose sharply in 2021 and 2022.
Ingves: Monetary policy challenges – weighing today against tomorrow
17/01/2018 -“Conducting monetary policy is about managing challenges – weighing the effects of today’s monetary policy against the effects and challenges it will bring tomorrow.” These were the words of Stefan Ingves on Tuesday, when he addressed the...
Skingsley: How the Riksbank encourages innovation in the retail payments market
17/01/2018 -“Central banks play an important role with regard to developments in the retail payments market. What we do and what we do not do determines the pace and the substance of innovation in the financial system. Central banks have a responsibility...